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D. L. VAUGHAN.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1919.

PatentedSept. 13, 1921.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, I9I9.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L. VAUGHAN, OF RIVERTGN, NEW JERSEY.

CARD GAME.

Application led .Tune 20, 1919. 4Serial No. 305,575.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID L. VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverton, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Games, of which the following is a speciiication.

This `invention has relation to improvements in game or playing cards employed for the dual purpose of amusement and instruction.

`One object of my invention is to provide a novel pack or deck of cards including a plurality of sets of cards in which each set has printed thereon, partly on each of its cards, words giving information on a particular subject, the information being complete only when the cards of the set are properly assembled, whereby when the cards of the different sets are properly assembled during the playing of a game therewith, the players may be instructed in the subjects to which the words printed on the cards of the several sets relate. Another object of the invention is to rovide a joker card for each set which may ave printed thereon an index` of the subject matter printed on the set to which it belongs and which ma be substituted for any one of the cards o its set during the playing of a game. A further object of the invention is to provide the cards of the deck with means for indicating the sets to which the cards thereof belong, means for indicating the proper positions of cards in the sets of which they form a art and means for indicating the sets to w ich the several joker cards belong.

The precise nature and characteristic features of my improved card game will be herein after described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention,

Figure 1 is a view `of the cards of one of the plurality of sets thereof, showing the full face of each card.

Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views of the cards of the other sets in the pack, one set being shown in each View, and the cards. of each set lapping each other and showing only the full face of the last card of each set.

Figs. 7, S, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are face views of the joker cards for the sets shown in Figs. v1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively.

Fig. 13 is a face view Aof the main joker card.

Referring to the drawings, the cards of the pack or deck` constituting my improved game comprises a plurality of sets or suits of cards in the present instance six, designated in the drawings 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, six joker cards 17, 1S, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23, belonging to the sets 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and4 16, respectively, and a main joker card 24belonging to the entire pack or deck, as will hereinafter appear.

The seven cards of each set or suit have printed'thereon, one on each card, the ordinals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, as a means to lndicate the position each card should occupy in its set when the cards of the several sets are collected or assembled in a definitie order, as illustrated in the drawings.

The cards of each set 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 have printed thereon a letter which is commmon to the cards of its set but different from the letters printed upon the cards of the other sets, as a means to indicate the sets to which the several cards thereof belong, the letters B, A, C, F, M and P being employed upon the sets 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, respectively, for this purpose, as shown in the drawings.

The six joker cards 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 have the letters B, A, C, F, M and P printed thereon to indicate that they belong to the sets 11, 12, 13, 1 4, 15 and 16, respectively, and, as the main joker card 24 docs not belong to any particular set, but to all of them, it has no indicating letterI printed thereon.

The indicating numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and letters B, A, C, F, M and P are printed, one above the other, in the upper left hand corners and the lower right hand corners of the cards, as is the common practice in applying indicating marks to playing cards, so that they may be readily observed and read, irrespective of which end of the card is up, when the cards are handled and assembled in the usual manner in playing card games.

The cards of the sets 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 have words and sentenccsprinted thereon giving information on certain subjects, each set being devoted to particular branch or subject under a general subject or heading to which they are related. The general subject or heading to which the matter printed on the cards of the sets relate, as herein illustrated is First aid, and the particular branches or subjects under this general heading to which the words or the cards ofthe sets 1p1, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 relate are Burns, Waiting for ambulance, Cuts, Fractures or broken bones, Miscellaneous accidents and Poisons, respectively, these subjects or titles being printed reversely on the tops and bottoms of the cards so thatthey may be read when the ends of the cards are reversed.

The words which are to give the information on the several subjects printed on the sets of cards is printed thereon in duplication and reversely on the upper and lower portions of the cards so that they also may be read in reversed positions of the cards. These words and sentences which are printed on the cards under the headings or subjects printed thereon comprise the information or instruction which is to be given to the players upon the subjects which are treated; and, while the cards of a particular set contain all the information to be given on the particular subject printed thereon, such information is only partly printed on each card of its set and is only complete and properly understandable when the cards of the setare collected and assembled and read in sequence or in the order of the ordinals printed thereon. Y

Each of the six joker cards Jfor the six sets of cards has printed thereon the subject of the set to which it belongs and also the seven ordinals of the set to which it belongs and opposite to the ordinals a brief in dex to the subject matter printed on the several cards of the set to which it belongs. Any suitable matter may, however, be printed on these joker cards.

The main joker vcard 24 has the word Doc printed thereon and it is intended to represent the doctor in playing a game with the cards, as will'be hereinafter described. Any suitable matter may also be printed on the main joker card, depending upon the character of the Subjects treated upon the cards of the several sets.

The subject matter printed on Vthe seven cards forming the set 11, under the heading VBurns, and the subject matter printed on the six joker cards 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23, and the subject matter printed on the last card of each set, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 isclearly shown in the drawings.

The respective cards of the remaining sets of cards 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, have printed thereon headings, Waiting for ambulance, Cuts, Fractures or broken bones, Miscellaneous accidents and Poisons, respectively and the cards of the respective sets have printed thereon suitable instructions under their respective headings.

By the .aid of the cards hereinbefore described, games may be played in various ways, and I shall now describe one good method of laying a game.

The car s are shuiiied and dealt around, one at a time, until each player has twelve. The next card is then laid face up on the table and the remaining cards tace down beside it. One deck or pack is used for two or three players. lf tour, live or six play, two decks must be used.

When the deal is completed, the player at the dealers left must draw a` card, either Jfrom the top of the pack or the card lying face up on the table, as he may choose. Al?- ter deciding which card in his hand is least desirable, he discards that card 'tace up on the tabl-e, on top of and buryingthe card laid face up by the dealer if he drew from the pack, or in the position occupied by the itaced card left by the dealer it he took that. rhe next player proceeds in the same way, and so on each player in turn, draws and discards.

rlhe object of the gaine is tor cach player to get rid of all the cards dealt him by torming sequences ot' three or more of the same suit or set. The cards should he arranged in suits or sets, in the hand so that cards necessary to form sequences (cards with numbers in rotation as A5, A6, A7 or B2, B3, B4) may be more easily noted. The joker card marked Doc in this game may be used any place, for example, as A2, A3, Doc or A2, Doc, A11. rl`he joker index card may be used in the same manner but only in its own suit, as B3, B11, B, B5. Any number of cards more than two make a playable sequence. Should the player hold in the A suit, cards A1 and A7, it would be advisable to discard A7 after drawing as there is little chance of getting' all the intervening` A cards.

As soon as a hand is completed, that is, all cards formed into sequences, the playerI holding it declares himself out and places all the twelve cards in his hand on the table, discardingthe thirteenth and thereby wins that hand. Example: A1, A2, A3, A, B2, B3, Ba, M2, M3, M1, M5, M6. Should any player succeed in getting a complete suit and index card ot that snit, he may discard the live remaining cards and declare himself out A player may only go out when it is his turn to play. Before declaring' himseli. out, he must draw a card and a'lfterlayingdown his hand must discard one so that only twelve cards are sh own in the winningl hand. i

A player having seven or niort` cards in sequence in his hand may. should he so desire, lay themv on the table, 'tace up, rotainingthe unplaycd cards in his hand. Each player in turn must then lay down as many cards as form sequences p1'ovi 'le l he can put down seven cr more. 'It is permissible tor any player to play on any sequence so exposed, in his proper turn, provided by so doing` he enlarges the sequence. When the joker or Doc card and the various index joker cards are played, they cannot be moved. Example: If A1, A2, A and A11 be on the table, the card A3 cannot be played but must be discarded. The card A5 may be played.

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The method of scoring is as follows: When a player goes out, he Wins in 'points a number equal to the sum of the numbers on the cards held by his opponents. In making this count, the joker or Doc card counts 25 and the index cards count 10. The score may be kept in columns, one column to each player, and the gains be set down with a plus sign and the losses with a minus sign. It is obvious that if these quantities be kept opposite to each other the sum of all the -l scores will be equal to the sum of all the scores. The game may be continued as long as desired, and a total of points recorded at the end of the game indicates the Winner.

Should a player succeed in assembling the eight cards necessary to complete a suit, he must read .the descriptive matter on the face of the cards, beginnin at card one and reading each in order. is score is then double the count made on going out by completing the full hand with several sequences. The Doc or joker card may not be used in this instance.

When a player lays down a part of his hand, before it is completed, and another player goes out, he only counts the points on cards still held in his hand. Cards placed on the table are not counted.

In play the subject matter printed on the cards will become known by the players While amusement is being afforded, either through compelling the players to read each card or by association, just as in time one will become familiar with advertising mat* ter on bill boards or displayed in street car advertisements which he may not be compelled to read, but which gradually becomes amiliar through frequent association.

For more intellectual games, the cards of the various sets may have printed thereon parts of poems which are complete only when the cards are properly assembled.

Should it be desirable to use the card game as an advertising medium, the subject matter for instruction printed on the cards may relate to the thing advertised. For example, if a particular brand of flour is being advertised, the several cards of each set may have printed thereon parts of recipes in which the advertised flour should be used.

Obviously, the subject matter for instruction printed on the cardsof the several sets may be greatly varied to teach any desired subject Without departing from my invention.

I claim:

1. In a card game a plurality of sets of cards, ea-ch set having partly on each of its cards Words giving instruction on a method of procedure to accomplish a definite purpose, said instruction being complete onlyv when the cards of the set are assembled.

2. In a card game a plurality of sets of cards, each set having partly on each of its cards words giving information on a particular subject, said information being complete only when the cards of the set are assembled, and each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belon 3. n a card game a plurality of sets of cards, each set having partly on each of its cards Words giving information on a particular subject, said information being complete only When the cards of the set are assembled in a definite order, and each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the position it should occupy in the set to which it belongs.

4. In a card game a plurality of sets of cards, each set having partly on each of its cards Words giving information on a particular subject, each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belongs, said information being complete only When the cards of the set are assembled in a definite order, and each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the position it should occupy in the set to Which it belongs.

5. In a card game a plurality of sets of cards, each set having partly on each of its cards Words giving information on a particular subject, said information being complete only vvhen the cards of the set are assembled, each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belong's, and a joker card for each set, each joker card having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belongs.

6. In a card game a plurality of sets of cardsr each set having partly on each of its lcards Words giving information on a particular subject, each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belongs, said information being complete only when the cards of the set are assembled in a definite order, and each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the position it should occupy in the set to which it belongs, and a joker card for each set, each joker card having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belongs.

7. In a card game a plurality of sets of cards, each card of each set having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belongs, each card of each set having means thereon to indicate a particular position it should occupy in the set to which it belongs, and a joker card for each set, each joker card having means thereon to indicate the set to which it belongs. l

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

` DAVID L. VAUGHAN 

